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==Online Federal Censuses==
===Population Schedules===
Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. [[United States Census|'''Click here for more information''']] about federal census records. <br><br>
Maine became the twenty-third state admitted to the United States on Mar 15, 1820. Maine was created from Massachusetts. It was included on the 1790 Census as part of Massachusetts. 
 
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
{| class="wikitable" width= "70%" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA] 
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].
<br>
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Maine Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
|}
|}


=== Online Maine indexes and images  ===
===Non-Population Schedules for Maine===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
{{Census Online Maine}}
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|-
=== Federal population schedules ===
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
==== Microfilm images  ====
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
 
|-
{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|1890
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
|Veterans
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ at Ancestry]
|-
|1880
|Defective
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1634/ at Ancestry]
|-
|1880
|Mortality
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry]
|-
|-
| 1940 N/A
|1880
| {{FHL|637199|title-id|disp=1910}}&nbsp;
|Industry
| {{FHL|698900|title-id|disp=1870}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| {{FHL|121535|title-id|disp=1790}}
|-
|-
| {{FHL|1036356|title-id|disp=1930}}
|1880
| {{FHL|655732|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}
|Agriculture
| {{FHL|704928|title-id|disp=1860}}
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| <br>
|-
|-
| {{FHL|571885|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}
|1870
| {{FHL|673562|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex&nbsp;}}
|Social Statistics
| {{FHL|744482|title-id|disp=1850}}
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| <br>
|}
 
<br>
 
{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
|-
|-
| 1940 N/A
|1870
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#maine 1910 T624]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#maine 1860 M653]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]&nbsp;
|-
|-
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]
|1870
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#maine 1900 T623]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-03.html#maine Soundex T1049]
|Industry
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#maine 1850 M432]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]&nbsp;
|-
|-
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#maine 1920 T625]&nbsp; &nbsp;[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-03.html#maine Soundex M1565]
|1870
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#maine 1880 T9]&nbsp;&nbsp; [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#maine Soundex T752]
|Agriculture
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]&nbsp;
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800 1800 M32]&nbsp;
|-
|-
| &nbsp;
|1860
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#maine 1870 M593]
|Social Statistics
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1790 1790 M637]&nbsp;
|}
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Maine, [[Maine Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
 
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
{| width="77%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Maine'''</font>
|1860
|Mortality
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|1860
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|Industry
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
|1860
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''
|Industry
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
|-
|-
| '''1890'''
|1860
| width="20%" | Veterans
|Agriculture
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1610551 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1880'''
|1850
| width="20%" | Defective
|Social Statistics
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1880'''
|1850
| width="20%" | Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]  
[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420441 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
|1850
| Mortality
|Industry
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1860'''
|1850
| Mortality
|Agriculture
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473181 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ at Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1840
| Mortality
|Pensioners
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ at Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1786457 Link]
| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|}
|}


==== Microfilm images  ====
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*[[Maine Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Maine]]


[[Family History Library|'''Family History Library''']]&nbsp;'''Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maine'''
==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
 
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit [https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/other_resources/state_censuses.html United States Census Bureau].<br><br>
*1890 Veterans United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library&nbsp;films for Maine {{FHL|230777|item}} Films 338165-6
Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the [[United States Census Territorial|US Territorial Census page]].<br><br>
*1880 Mortality {{FHL|36961|item}} Film 1841575
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible="display: inline-table;"
*1870 Mortality {{FHL|292606|item}} Film 9740
|-
*1860 Mortality {{FHL|292601|item}} Film 009740
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
*1850 Mortality {{FHL|292593|item}} Film 009739])
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
[[National Archives and Records Administration|'''National Archives''']]&nbsp;'''Federal Census '''[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/maine.html '''Non-Population Schedule''']&nbsp;'''Microfilms for Maine'''
|-
 
|1837
*1935 Census of Business
|State, head of household
*1820 Manufactures schedule
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1923492 at FamilySearch] - images
 
|-
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
|}
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Maine, [[Maine Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses ===
 
Maine took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family *'''1905''' Scarboro only, in Cumberland County<ref>H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18004273The Scarboro Register 1905]'' (1905; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [{{FHL|956815|title-id|disp=FHL Book 974.191/S1 H2mh}}].</ref> *'''1904''' Kennebunkport only, in York County<ref>H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4103111 The Kennebunkport Register, 1904]'' (1904; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [{{FHL|837191|title-id|disp=FHL Book 974.195/K4 E4m}}].</ref> *'''1837''' State (some towns missing).<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 49-52.</ref> The Maine State Archives website ([http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/vitalrec.html www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/vitalrec.html]) says, "The Archives also has partial returns of the special revenue-sharing census of 1837." See also "[[Maine Census#Online_Maine_indexes_and_images|Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Maine]]" above.
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Maine censuses, [[Maine Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
 
=== Why use a census?  ===
 
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.


==Why Use the Census?==
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
*Sex
*Age
*Color
*Nativity
*Place of birth of this person
*Place of birth of Father of this person
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
*Period of Residence
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
*Regular occupation
*Military service
=== More about censuses  ===
=== More about censuses  ===


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:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


=== Sources and footnotes  ===
 


'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''<br>  
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''<br>  


[[Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>  
[[Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]<br>  


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[[Category:Maine Census Records]]

Latest revision as of 17:21, 10 November 2023

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Online Federal Censuses[edit | edit source]

Population Schedules[edit | edit source]

Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. Click here for more information about federal census records.

Maine became the twenty-third state admitted to the United States on Mar 15, 1820. Maine was created from Massachusetts. It was included on the 1790 Census as part of Massachusetts.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links[edit | edit source]
1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840
FamilySearch
Ancestry.com 		FamilySearch
Ancestry.com 		FamilySearch
Ancestry.com 		FamilySearch
Ancestry.com 		FamilySearch
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Ancestry.com
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
FamilySearch
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Ancestry.com
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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Ancestry.com 		FamilySearch
Ancestry.com
NARA 		Release Date
April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for Maine[edit | edit source]

Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.

Year Type of Census Links
1890 Veterans at Ancestry
1880 Defective at Ancestry
1880 Mortality at Ancestry
1880 Industry at Ancestry
1880 Agriculture at Ancestry
1870 Social Statistics at Ancestry
1870 Mortality at Ancestry
1870 Industry at Ancestry
1870 Agriculture at Ancestry
1860 Social Statistics at Ancestry
1860 Mortality at Ancestry
1860 Industry at Ancestry
1860 Industry at Ancestry
1860 Agriculture at Ancestry
1850 Social Statistics at Ancestry
1850 Mortality

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1850 Industry at Ancestry
1850 Agriculture at Ancestry
1840 Pensioners at Ancestry

Existing and Lost Censuses[edit | edit source]

Online State and Territorial Censuses[edit | edit source]

State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit United States Census Bureau.

Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the US Territorial Census page.

Year Type of Census Links
1837 State, head of household at FamilySearch - images

Why Use the Census?[edit | edit source]

State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:

  • Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
  • Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Color
  • Nativity
  • Place of birth of this person
  • Place of birth of Father of this person
  • Place of birth of Mother of this person
  • Period of Residence
  • How long a resident of this State (years and months)
  • How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
  • Regular occupation
  • Military service

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records - FamilySearch Historical Records


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